JAT Holdings introduces Herman Miller furniture

Sanjeevi JAYASURIYA

JAT Holdings the distributor of Herman Miller products opened its first showroom in Havelock Town showcasing the latest product range.

The opening also marked the launch of Herman Miller office, hospital and home range products to the local market.

Herman Miller showroom at Havelock Road Colombo 5 Picture by Sulochana Gamage

JAT Holdings introduced Herman Miller office furniture, hospital and home range products to the local market enabling the customers to purchase world class product under one roof.

"We work towards offering innovative products to customers since our inception in 1993.

The company today has grown to a dynamic organization representing some of the world's best known brands in the wooden surface protection coatings, interior design solutions and furniture hardware systems.

We envisage healthy demand for the latest product offering as well, JAT Holdings (Pvt) Ltd Managing Director, Aelian Gunawardene said.

With the mission to be the preferred supplier in the South Asian region for leading brands in the furniture and finishing industries and believing in giving consumers the best, the brand names JAT represent and products marketed are of high quality which combines elegance and quality with a fine finish, he said.

JAT provides employment for over 200 people and on its team are some of the country's pioneers of the paint industry whose expertise and professionalism has enhanced the company's leadership position in the surface coating industry.

JAT has been active in providing the world's finest wood care protection 'Sayerlack' for around 20 years to the Sri Lankan market and has expanded its markets to Bangladesh, Maldives and India for the past ten years.

Herman Miller synonymous amongst Architects, interior designers, furniture designers and famous hotel chains where it works for better world around the end users with inventive designs, technologies and related services that improve human experience wherever people work, heal, learn and live.

Herman Miller is a global company with operations, sales offices, dealers and licenses in more than 100 countries in North America, Asia, Pacific, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Latin America.

It is headquartered in Zeeland, Michigan and the manufacturing facilities are located in the USA, China, Italy and UK. The company sells products and services through a substantial global dealer network of independent and company-owned businesses.

It holds a 12 year warranty that covers everything including electrical components, casters, pneumatic cylinders, tilts and all moving mechanisms.

The products marketed by JAT include Sayerlack Wood care of Italy, Armstrong flooring and ceiling systems from USA, Hettich furniture hardware from Germany, Borma Wachs maintenance products from Italy and Herman Miller seating, office furniture systems and hospital solutions from USA.Initially JAT Holdings offered wood coatings to its customers. However, at present JAT markets a diversified range of interior and exterior decorative water based and solvent based coatings, Expoxy floor coatings and DuPont Tynex paint brushes.